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A woman was struck by a vehicle just before 7am last Monday 11/12/17 outside Ladbrookes on Norwood Road SE27. Sadly she died as result of her injuries.

Initial investigations by the police suggest the woman was crossing the road when she was struck by a several vehicles which did not stop. Two drivers have been interviewed by the police.

Anyone with information or dashcam footage is asked to contact the Serious Collision Investigation Unit at Merton on 020 8543 5157 or via @MetCC. You can also call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Brixton could be the only police station left in Lambeth as part of the government’s plans to cut the Metropolitan Police budget by a further £400m by 2020.

£600m has been cut since 2010 and means a thousand police officers have already disappeared from London’s streets.

There was a big and successful campaign to save Gipsy Hill police station in Upper Norwood a few years ago and our local police station is still open to the public a few days a week. (See our post 28/6/13) However this public facing desk will have to go together with most of our local beat officers if the Met’s proposals to meet the next round of cuts goes ahead. For details see:

Sadiq Khan is consulting on the new draft policing plan for London with plans to crack down on knife crime and improve victims services. Our London Mayor is proposing three new London-wide commitments:

At a time when government is cutting public sector budgets the London Metropolitan police are having to make considerable savings. £600m efficiency savings have been made since 2019 and the government requires a further £400m savings by 2020.

Gipsy Hill Police station is now open to the public for 3 hours hours a week. Starting this week the new opening hours at 66 Central Hill SE19 1DT are :

Wednesdays 7pm to 8pm , Thursdays 7pm to 8pm and Saturdays 2pm to 3pm

Thanks to a massive campaign from local residents, community groups & elected repesentatives in the Upper Norwood area the London Mayor has agreed not to close and sell off Gipsy Hill police station. It has been saved as a base for cross borough policing and a limited hours front desk .The local Safer Neighbourhood Teams will continue to work out of Gipsy Hill Police Station.

Thanks to efforts of community campaigners and councillors in the Crystal Palace area the London Mayor has agreed to retain Gipsy Hill police station at 66 Central Hill SE19 1DT as a base for cross borough policing- the Crystal Palace area consists of the corners of 5 different boroughs.

The local Safer Neighbourhood Police teams will also work from Gipsy Hill police station which the Mayor has finally agreed to reopen as a non-urgent face to face police contact point on Wednesday & Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons.

Council leader, Cllr Lib Peck met with the Deputy Mayor for Policing at City Hall, Stephen Greenhalgh on Wednesday 13th March following an earlier meeting with the Mayor, Boris Johnson. See article in 5th March edition of South London Press.
Lambeth council is asking the Mayor of London to provide 100 more police officers for Lambeth to make our streets safer.
The Mayor of London is responsible for policing across London. According to the Mayor’s own figures the number of police officers in Lambeth has fallen by 20 per cent since 2010 meaning we lost 214 police officers in that time. That’s the biggest reduction of any London borough. Lambeth is asking for a fairer deal and more police for a borough which has high levels of crime and increasing levels of fear of crime (up 9 per cent last year). 100 more police officers would mean Lambeth being treated like other London boroughs and will bring us in line with the London average. That’s a fair deal.
The 100 extra police will: